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CHARLES SMITH, OF ROGERS, ARKANSAS.

LANTERN-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,015, dated June 26, 1888.

Application liied Dtccmber 17, 1887. Serial No. 258,221;

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.To all whom, 'irl 71mg/ concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES SM1TH,.a citizen of the United States, residing at Rogers, in the county oi'lenton and State of Arkansas,

have invented a new and useful ImprovementV in LanternSupports, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to lantern-supports, the special object being to enable a brakeman or signal-man of a railway lo attach his lantern to a suitable waist-belt, so that while carrying the same he can have free use of both hands, and can quickly and easily detach the lantern for the purpose of signaling; and it consists in the construction and novel combination 0f parts hereinafter deseribed illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective View of the device in position and with a lantern attached. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the device with the lantern detached. Fig. 3 represents a detail cross section showing the attachment of the belt to the shield of the device.

Referring to the drawings by letter', A designates a waistbelt of ordinary construction, and B designates the shield or guard of the lamp-supporter, having at its upper edge and on its inner side the loops b I), through which the belt passes, so that the device can be adjusted behind, in front, or on either side of the wearer. The shield is of rubbcnleather, or other equivalent non absorbing material, and is preferably apron-sliaped,\vith its lower edge rounded, and long enough to extend, when in place, below the coat ofthe wearer. A

Gis a spring-hook, preferably of leafsteel, secured in the central vertical line ofthe shield, adjacent to t-he upper edge thereof; and D is a similar hook, but having a longer shank, d, which is secured to the shield vertically below the hook C, and which by its length and posi` tion serves to `brace and stiften the shield.

E is the lantern, with its bail e engaged by r the hook C, and havingone of the surrounding wires c of its guard engaged by the hook D.

It is evident that the lantern, while securely attached, can be detachedin a moment by the wearer when necessary, and that by shifting its position on the heltitcan be worn on either side of or in front or behind the brakeinan or Signal-man.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A lantern-holdercomprisingawaistband, ashield connected at its upper edge to said band, and the springhooks at the upper and lower ends of the shield for supporting the lantern, as set forth.

2. A lanteinholder comprising a shield provided at its upper edge, on its rear side, with loops b, a waistband inserted through said loops transversely to the shield,a hook at the upper end of the shield, oniits frontfaee,to cngage the bail of a lantern, and a hook at the lower end of the shield to engage the guard of the lantern, as set forth.

3. A lantern-holder comprising a shield having loops b on its rear side, at its upperend, a waistband inserted transversely through the said loops, the hook at the upper end of the shield to engagethe bail of a lantern, and the hook at the lower end ot' the shield to engage the guard of a lantern, the said hook having a long shank secured to the shield to stilfen the same, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afliXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

y CHARLES SMITH.

Iitnessesz J. G. PENNINGTON,

J. H. RAGKULY. 

